dBa's Khri gzigs zhang nyen

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Other names / Alternative spellings 

dBa's Khri gzigs zhang nyen (ms. PT 1287 l. 108, PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 155) 

Khri gzigs (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 157, 161, 164, 167, 169, 180, 184, 187, 189, 191, 194, 197, 200, 203, 205, 209?, 214, 220) 

zhang nyen ? (ms. ITJ 1368 l. 38)

Social groups (status, family, lineage...) 

dBa's family 

blon chen 

Period of activity 

VIIIth century 

Reign of Khri lDe gtsug rtsan 

Biographical data 

dBa's Khri gzigs zhang nyen may have had a son called dBa's Khri bzang spo skyes (ms. ITJ 1368 l. 38). 

dBa's Khri gzigs zhang nyen became blon che (Great Minister) after Khu Mang po rje lha zung's disgrace in Snake year [705] (ms. PT 1287 l. 108, PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 154-155). 

dBa's Khri gzigs zhang nyen gathered councils with 'bon Da rgyal bTsan zung in Horse year [706], Sheep year [707], Hog year [711], Rat year [712] and Ox year [713] (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 157, 160-161, 179-180, 184-185, 188-189). 

In Tiger year [714] dBa's Khri gzigs zhang nyen and 'Bon da rgyal btsan zung led [Tibetan armies] to 'Bu shing kun (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 196-197).

dBa's Khri gzigs zhang nyen was in mDo smad in Hare year [715], Snake year [717], Horse year [718], and Sheep year [719] (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 200-201, 203-206, 209, 214). 

In Bird year [721] dBa's Khri gzigs zhang nyen, zhang bTsan to re [lhas byin] and zhang Khri bzang stag tsab died (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 220-221). 

After dBa's Khri gzigs zhang nyen's death, dBa's Khri sum rje rtsang bzher became blon che (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 223). 

Titles 

blon che (ms. PT 1287 l. 63) 

blon chen pho (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 155, 157, 164, 180, 184, 187-188, 191, 196, 205, 220 ) 

blon chen po (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 161, 167-169, 193-194, 200, 203) 

Notes 

In contradiction with the Old Tibetan Annals, ms. PT 1287 (l. 108-109) states that mGar Khri 'bring btsan brod became blon che after dBa's Khri gzigs zhang nyen.